Havard wrote:With Wizards of the Coast now opening up to Print on Demand for old gaming material a the following Mystara books have now once again become available in Print!
[Snip Havard's laundry list of Back-in-Print stuff]

What other Mystara books would you like to see made available as Print on Demand products?

I already have the original, but it was nice to get a reprint as well. Not really the most useful accessory, but I like having a proper softcover edition without the loose cover. I wsih there was more of a backstory to the Inn itself, but many of the NPCs have rather interesting backstories, even if they are all rather generic.

Big Ulf wrote:Hey so dumb question - the print on demand for the GAZ series (so far) doesn't include the big fold out maps from the originals? Those maps are a big reason I'd order them all.

Hey,
not a dumb question.
The maps are included, but they are shrunk to the size of a double page in the booklet. The labels are still readable, but it would of course be even nicer to have them in poster size.

Big Ulf wrote:Hey so dumb question - the print on demand for the GAZ series (so far) doesn't include the big fold out maps from the originals? Those maps are a big reason I'd order them all.

Hey,
not a dumb question.
The maps are included, but they are shrunk to the size of a double page in the booklet. The labels are still readable, but it would of course be even nicer to have them in poster size.

-Havard

Thanks Havard, I live in hope (or maybe I should just hope to find a reasonably-priced original on eBay:)

You can find replicas and updates of most of the maps on the Vaults of Pandius (done by Thorf). I know it's not quite the same as the original poster sized maps, but in all honesty I use the electronic versions much more often than the old paper maps these days anyway.

I can only guess that they might have problems in getting high-quality scans of older stuff. The POD line is alive and well, but mostly publishes 3e or 4e titles: which is silly, because most of that stuff can be bought second-hand at very interesting prices, unlike the BECMI material.

Instead of two pdfs, one being the DM and players books combined, the other being maps and cut-outs combined, they have separate pdf files for the DM's and player's books, and the maps are now larger, multi-page images instead of small single page images.

If you have already purchased it you can download the updated version for free via My Library.

This makes me think that this 'project' isn't dead. They just need the material and time to get it done, I think.

Instead of two pdfs, one being the DM and players books combined, the other being maps and cut-outs combined, they have separate pdf files for the DM's and player's books, and the maps are now larger, multi-page images instead of small single page images.

If you have already purchased it you can download the updated version for free via My Library.

This makes me think that this 'project' isn't dead. They just need the material and time to get it done, I think.